Hi All, Just back from vacation at the beach, and it was great (hoping yours have been great too). I wanted to share some thoughts about the final ICANN meeting of the Accountability and Transparency Review Team. Their final meeting took place after the publication of their Draft Final Report. It was the first time in which the full report and recommendations were being discussed at an ICANN meeting. I remember that their report generated great excitement and concern, especially among the Board. The meetings the ATRT held with the Board required great diplomacy and skill to navigate, and resulted in some very nuanced changes to the recommendations. (Note: admittedly, that was because the ATRT recommendations focused on the Board.) Here too, our recommendations, I think, will generate great interest and some concern among some of the many parties we have met with in building our report and recommendations -- particularly so within the GNSO and GAC (and perhaps SSAC). I envision some very interesting discussions about recommendations. Based on those discussions, together we may need to reformulate and finalize. I should add that I think the final ICANN meeting of the ATRT may have been its most important one with the community. It was the meeting where the community commented on whether they felt they had been heard. This final process of listening and responding helped to build acceptance of the ATRT report, shape final revisions that many considered to be very important, and ease the way to rapid implementation of its recommendations. I found the ATRT's final meeting to be a very important one, and I could be mistaken, but I think ours will be too. I will be Dakar, and hope you can be too. All the best, Kathy Dear all

Following up on Alice's reminder, and Michael's mail to the list, here are my thoughts about Dakar.

By then, our aim is to have our complete report and recommendations. We will be using the meeting primarily to introduce the draft report and ask for feedback. We have also asked for a session with the board to present our draft report and findings to them.

You should plan for a similar format of Sunday meeting, Tuesday/Wednesday outreach, and debriefing session early evening Wednesday.

At this stage, I'm not sure what we'll be using the Sunday slot for, because we'll be aiming to publish a draft in advance of the meeting, but I think it's useful to keep the slot on the likelihood that we will still have stuff to do.

Kind regards

Emily

On 8 August 2011 12:16, Alice Jansen <alice.jansen@icann.org <mailto:alice.jansen@icann.org>> wrote:

Dear Review Team Members, _ _ The next ICANN meeting will be held in Dakar - 23--28 October 2011. Information on this event (venue, hotel, health, visa etc) may be found on the ICANN website at: http://dakar42.icann.org/

With a view to preparing for this meeting, please let us know *by Friday, 12 August* whether:

* you are attending the meeting (Yes/No) * you need travel support (Yes/No)

If you do require travel support, please provide us with your desired arrival & departure dates.

Once this information submitted, ICANN Constituency Travel will contact you directly to book your trip.

* FLIGHTS: Please book your flights through ICANN Constituency Travel. Should you wish to book business or economy premium tickets, please know that an allowance will be granted to you according to your geographic region. * ACCOMMODATION: ICANN Constituency Travel will book your hotel room -- please do not book via the website. This is the safe way to have ICANN cover your lodging needs.

We look forward to receiving your details. In the meantime, do feel free to contact us should you have questions or concerns.

Many thanks in advance,

Very best regards

Olof & Alice

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Hi Alice, I will be attending the Costa Rica meeting. I have booked my stay at the Marriott. After the Senegal fiasco I wanted to be sure I had a safe and secure hotel so I will pay upfront for the hotel room and turn it in for reimbursement after the meeting. I am traveling to Costa Rica early so will book my own airline ticket. I will rely on the allowance ICANN provides. Best regards, Susan From: rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org [mailto:rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Alice Jansen Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 12:55 AM To: rt4-whois@icann.org Subject: [Rt4-whois] COSTA RICA MEETING - please confirm Importance: High Dear Review Team Members, The next ICANN meeting will be held in Costa Rica - 11-16 March 2011. Information on this event (venue, hotel, health, visa etc) may be found on the ICANN website at: http://costarica43.icann.org/ With a view to preparing for this meeting, please let me know by Wednesday, 14 December whether: * you are attending the meeting (Yes/No) * you need travel support (Yes/No) If you do require travel support, please provide us with your desired arrival & departure dates. Once this information submitted, ICANN Constituency Travel will contact you directly to book your trip. * FLIGHTS: Please book your flights through ICANN Constituency Travel. Should you wish to book business or economy premium tickets, please know that an allowance will be granted to you according to your geographic region. * ACCOMMODATION: ICANN Constituency Travel will book your hotel room - please do not book via the website. This is the safe way to have ICANN cover your lodging needs. We look forward to receiving your details. In the meantime, do feel free to contact us should you have questions or concerns. Many thanks in advance, Very best regards Alice

Hi Alice, I am also planning to attend Costa Rica. I have booked a room at the Marriott, and have also booked airfares. In terms of travel support, I will be seeking the airfare reimbursement allowance from ICANN. Please let me know if you need anything else from me at this stage. Cheers, Peter From: rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org [mailto:rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Susan Kawaguchi Sent: Saturday, 10 December 2011 6:02 AM To: Alice Jansen; rt4-whois@icann.org Subject: Re: [Rt4-whois] COSTA RICA MEETING - please confirm Hi Alice, I will be attending the Costa Rica meeting. I have booked my stay at the Marriott. After the Senegal fiasco I wanted to be sure I had a safe and secure hotel so I will pay upfront for the hotel room and turn it in for reimbursement after the meeting. I am traveling to Costa Rica early so will book my own airline ticket. I will rely on the allowance ICANN provides. Best regards, Susan From: rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org [mailto:rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Alice Jansen Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 12:55 AM To: rt4-whois@icann.org Subject: [Rt4-whois] COSTA RICA MEETING - please confirm Importance: High Dear Review Team Members, The next ICANN meeting will be held in Costa Rica - 11-16 March 2011. Information on this event (venue, hotel, health, visa etc) may be found on the ICANN website at: http://costarica43.icann.org/ With a view to preparing for this meeting, please let me know by Wednesday, 14 December whether: * you are attending the meeting (Yes/No) * you need travel support (Yes/No) If you do require travel support, please provide us with your desired arrival & departure dates. Once this information submitted, ICANN Constituency Travel will contact you directly to book your trip. * FLIGHTS: Please book your flights through ICANN Constituency Travel. Should you wish to book business or economy premium tickets, please know that an allowance will be granted to you according to your geographic region. * ACCOMMODATION: ICANN Constituency Travel will book your hotel room - please do not book via the website. This is the safe way to have ICANN cover your lodging needs. We look forward to receiving your details. In the meantime, do feel free to contact us should you have questions or concerns. Many thanks in advance, Very best regards Alice ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. This message has been content scanned by the Axway MailGate. MailGate uses policy enforcement to scan for known viruses, spam, undesirable content and malicious code. For more information on Axway products please visit www.axway.com. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------